Re: CVE Request -- glibc: Integer overflows, leading to stack-based buffer overflows in strto* related routines

[Kurt Seifried <kseifried () redhat com>]

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On 08/13/2012 04:52 AM, Jan Lieskovsky wrote:
> Hello Kurt, Steve, vendors,
>
> multiple integer overflows, leading to stack-based buffer overflows
> were found in various stdlib functions of GNU libc (strtod, strtof,
> strtold, strtod_l and related routines). If an application, using
> the affected stdlib functions, did not perform user-level
> sanitization of provided inputs, a local attacker could use this
> flaw to cause such an application to crash or, potentially, execute
> arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the
> application.
>
> Upstream bug report: [1]
> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14459
>
> Upstream patch (might not be the final one): [2]
> http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2012-08/msg00202.html
>
> References: [3] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847715
>
> Could you allocate a CVE id for this?
>
> Thank you && Regards, Jan. -- Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat
> Security Response Team

Please use CVE-2012-3480  for this issue.

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Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
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